cawnpore in a sentence

1. Or perhaps it was to ensure that no information was leaked after the fall of Cawnpore.

2. Cawnpore became a war cry for the British and their allies for the rest of the conflict.

3. The Bengal Army units in the area, having rebelled, marched to take part in the battles for Delhi and Cawnpore.

4. With Company forces approaching Cawnpore and some believing that they would not advance if there were no hostages to save, their murders were ordered.

5. Edward Vibart, a 19-year-old officer whose parents, younger brothers, and two of his sisters had died in the Cawnpore massacre,[140] recorded his experience:

6. The rebels' murder of women, children and wounded British soldiers at Cawnpore, and the subsequent printing of the events in the British papers, left many British soldiers seeking revenge.

7. As we have stated above, after having advanced twenty-five miles from Cawnpore, he found himself obliged to fall back upon that place in order not only to deposit his sick, but to wait for re-enforcements.

8. Although some claimed the sepoys took no actual part in the killings themselves, they did not act to stop it and this was acknowledged by Captain Thompson after the British departed Cawnpore for a second time.